Hi there, I'm Kim at Shiplap and Shells, and welcome to the pacific northwest. I am going to
be transplanting my seedlings from the greenhouse to my raised beds today. But first, make sure you
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I started sowing my sweet peas and then my snapdragons at the end of January beginning
of February in the greenhouse, and followed by all the other varieties of flowers.
And then, I had to harden them for the last few weeks, and now we finally get to transplant them,
and this is the fun part for me. And, I can't wait to see how they look in a couple months.
Welcome to my raised bed garden. This is my cut flower garden basically, but I am adding
some vegetables today to the mix. I like to actually put vegetables and flowers
mixed together inside the garden. I started with two eight by four beds and two four by four beds,
and I am outgrowing them as we speak, so I have brought in all kinds of
containers. This actually has really helped me with planting tomatoes because, as you know you,
can't keep the tomatoes growing in the same place. I think it's three or four years.
I have a garden app that I use every year, and it tells me where I can plant my tomatoes. So,
having two new containers is really going to help. And then, I like to add my vintage yard art too.
So, I've already done my zinnias, my pin cushion,
cosmos, there's some marigolds that I'm going to plant today, and I still have
a few more seed starts to plant. These are dahlias that I sewed in the greenhouse from seed,
so this will be really interesting because it's a mixed variety. And then, all my tubers
are going to be along the fence line here. I have holes drilled in all the containers, and these
raised beds were actually built into the ground. So, there is no bottom. So all those worms, and
all that great dirt was already there, so that was really fortunate actually. And so, what I do is, I
bring in a fish compost every single April, and I mix it in, put it on top and it helps to keep my
dirt nice and full of nutrients. The other great thing that my husband did for me is he added
screws. So, I could have one foot squares here, so it'd be easier for me to visualize how I was going
to plant my seedlings. I'm a very visual person so for instance, it would be really difficult for me
to try to figure out my one foot squares, so I just go ahead and make these little squares
using these screws, and then when I'm all done planting, I just take off the twine
and we're good to go. But it just helps to keep everything a lot straighter and in line.
Several different varieties of flowers that the slugs love, and so you really have to watch it
especially with the dahlias. You have to make sure that you have some kind of slug protection.
I use Sluggo slug bait, but you can use eggshells and coffee grounds I've heard, and beer in a cup,
all kinds of things, but it's going to be really important to make sure that the slugs stay away,
especially when they're first starting to grow. I had to already replant a couple of these
because they ate so much of the seedlings already. First thing I'm going to make sure I have is the
fish compost is going to be here, and I'm going to make sure that the soil is really moist and evenly
watered. These are going to be a foot and I already have my twine,
so I can visually look at it, and I'm just going to use a little divot or a spoon,
and poke the hole, and I just want to make sure that it has plenty of water,
so I'm going to water the little hole, and then you can also use a slow release fertilizer,
which I don't have right in front of me. But, definitely want to use a fertilizer of some sort,
and a slow release just makes it easier for me not to have to go back.
And there you go, and then I push down, making sure all the air pockets are gone,
and then I'm gonna soak it, and then I'm going to put slug bait on it, around it if it's susceptible
to slugs. It's that easy, and then when I'm done, I'm going to take the twine off and be good to go.
And then eventually, when they get a little bit taller, you're going to want to pinch the centers,
so they are not concentrating on growing taller, they're concentrating on being bushier, and
you'll get a lot more blooms that way. Now that everything's transplanted I can't wait to show you
what my garden is going to look like in a few months. I'm so excited, it's going to
be such a transformation you're not even going to believe it. Thank you so much for following along,
I hope you learned a thing or two, and I'd love to hear your comments!